SMITH, Laurence Stanley

1923 - 1943  (20 years)

• Name	SMITH, Laurence Stanley  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	4 Oct 1923	Mildura, Victoria, Australia   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Mildura, Victoria, Australia   [3]
  _MILT	Melbourne, Yorks   [3]
  Death	22 Oct 1943	Kassel, Hesse, Germany   [2, 3]
  Burial	Hanover War Cemetery, Germany   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I31548	Stark Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	SMITH, Stanley Stewart,   b. 7 Oct 1884, Victoria, Australia d. 30 Aug 1966, Mildura, Victoria, Australia (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	LAURENSON, Margaret Joan,   b. 1892, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia d. 1957, Mildura, Victoria, Australia (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1921	Victoria, Australia   [4]
  Family ID	F11232	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 4 Oct 1923 - Mildura, Victoria, Australia Residence - - Mildura, Victoria, Australia Death - 22 Oct 1943 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Laurence Stanley Smith Photo of Laurence Stanley Smith on enlistment in the RAAF on 22 May 1942. Source Virtual War Memorial Australia

  
  

• Sources

  [S409] Ancestry.com, Australia, World War II Military Service Records, 1939-1945, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), National Archives of Australia; Canberra, Australia; Raaf Personnel Files of Non-Commissioned Officers (Ncos) and Other Ranks, 1921-1948; Series: A9301. [S1250] Ancestry.com, Web: UK and Allied Countries, Index of International Bomber Command Losses, 1936-1966, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA;), International Bomber Command Centre; Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England; Losses Database: Https://Internationalbcc.co.uk/History-Archive/Losses-Database/. https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/226155/ [S615] Ancestry.com, UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2021;), Naval and Miltiary Press; Uckfield, East Sussex, England; Airmen Died in the Second World War 1939-45. [S111] Ancestry.com, Victoria, Australia, Marriage Index, 1837-1950, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2018;), The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Victoria, Australia, Marriage Records.